QUOTE: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting the first one.” (Mark Twain, 1835-1910, Writer).

The elements of speech are beyond what this short introduction can teach us, but the main element must be truth. If your spoken word contains the truth, the tone and quality of your voice will alone testify to its content.

We are all sometimes afraid to admit that our self development is totally down to us as an individual. Any guidance we get is ultimately asking us the question, “Do we want to take action?” If we take no action, there is no self development!

“Just as a trainer disciplines and calms a wild and wilful steed by subjecting it to skilful and prolonged training, so must the wild, wandering, random activities of body and speech be tamed to make them docile, righteous and skilful. Dalai Lama